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. >>> the newtown shooting happened a day after state lawmakers in michigan passed a bill that will allow gun owners with permits to carry a concealed weapon with previously banned places, including schools. representative clark, thank you for being here. i -- i know this bill passage is coincidental, of course, but can you put it all into perspective for us? >> you know, this is very difficult for me. personally, when i was 9 years old. i grew up in the city of detroit, i saw a man murdered right in front of me, shot in the head and died in front of me. and for the next 26 years of my life, i never spoke about the incident. so while our country supports the families of the victims, i also want us to continue to provide love and support to those who physically survived that incident. >> representative clarke, i'm so sorry you had to experience that. it is clear that is something that has not left you. will never leave you. how often do you think about that? >> i think it's the fact that i chose not to remember it, for more than two decades of my life, that if i had -- if i could have just
. >>> the newtown shooting happened a day after state lawmakers in michigan passed a bill that will allow gun owners with permits to carry a concealed weapon with previously banned places, including schools. representative clark, thank you for being here. i -- i know this bill passage is coincidental, of course, but can you put it all into perspective for us? >> you know, this is very difficult for me. personally, when i was 9 years old. i grew up in the city of detroit, i saw a...
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. >>> mitt romney and paul ryan team up today in a state where romney was born, michigan in the first of two rallies today in the midwest. peter, what is mitt romney going to try and sell today in one of his three home states i would say? >> it's worth noting that this is the first time in more than two months that mitt romney has been here in his native home state of michigan. as they prepare for next week's convention, they have attacked him in their words his mishandling of the economy, they're going to say they're the ones morneau -- romney's biography as early as one significant change will happen as early as monday. it's on monday that we now expect to have the formal nomination of romney take place, usually that happens later in the week. but the intent there is to try to keep the focus of this convention entirely on romney ims. ann romney who was initially scheduled to speak on monday, may very well likely speak on tuesday, so it can happen on prime time all across america. the romney campaign believes that will help america decide who to like. >>> this is paul ryan's first fo
. >>> mitt romney and paul ryan team up today in a state where romney was born, michigan in the first of two rallies today in the midwest. peter, what is mitt romney going to try and sell today in one of his three home states i would say? >> it's worth noting that this is the first time in more than two months that mitt romney has been here in his native home state of michigan. as they prepare for next week's convention, they have attacked him in their words his mishandling of...
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an important development, frank thorpe talked mike rogers of michigan coming out of a meeting in the speaker's suite of offices and doesn't see how the vote -- what's emerging, the details, possibly pass the house an he doesn't think in any event taken up today. t.j.? >> all right. mike viqueira on capitol hill. i want to bring in the the chief deputy whip and i think you were able to hear mr. viqueira there saying representative rogers doesn't believe it will come up for a vote. and wouldn't make it through the house. do you agree? >> not necessarily. essentially what's happened with the speaker is didn't pass plan "b" and now delegated to the senate an enthe house republicans able to either vote for a tax decrease or vote no and look to democrats and some republicans to pass this. they have deniability and avoid the catastrophe of an economic meltdown. >> were you encouraged by what you heard from the president? were you encouraged? what did you think of the comments a short time ago? >> i was encouraged. two good things and a question mark. the good thing is political system's got
an important development, frank thorpe talked mike rogers of michigan coming out of a meeting in the speaker's suite of offices and doesn't see how the vote -- what's emerging, the details, possibly pass the house an he doesn't think in any event taken up today. t.j.? >> all right. mike viqueira on capitol hill. i want to bring in the the chief deputy whip and i think you were able to hear mr. viqueira there saying representative rogers doesn't believe it will come up for a vote. and...
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and in michigan, in particular, the nra had wanted to make sure that the permit system in michigan was abolished for buying handguns and so i think that things are being done. remember, all of these actions happened prior to friday and what happened in newtown. i am telling you that i am absolutely hopeful and i think things are different. i hear that in the news. >> you bring up the nra. let's play what michael bloomberg. >> nra's number one objective this time was to defeat barack obama for a second term. last time i checked the election results he won and won comfortably. this myth that the nra can destroy political careers is just not true. we won four out of seven -- four out of seven where the nra supported every one of the four and we won with a small amount of money. there is this myth that the nra is so powerful, you go back to what happened back when the democrats lost after the assault weapons ban. i don't know that the two are connected then but today the nra's power is so vastly overrated. the public when you do the polls, they want to stop this carnage. >> and david, toda
and in michigan, in particular, the nra had wanted to make sure that the permit system in michigan was abolished for buying handguns and so i think that things are being done. remember, all of these actions happened prior to friday and what happened in newtown. i am telling you that i am absolutely hopeful and i think things are different. i hear that in the news. >> you bring up the nra. let's play what michael bloomberg. >> nra's number one objective this time was to defeat barack...
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. >>> someone in grand rapids, michigan, home of the gerald ford presidential library, is obsessed with the former president to the point of graffiti. somebody is stencilling iconic scenes from his presidency all over town. everybody realizes this could be a lot worse. after all, it is art, he was a nice man, and he was the president. but they'd love to know who's doing it. >>> new york city mayor michael bloomberg is back in the news again because of this. that's his big black suv. and because he doesn't want to violate his own law against cars idling their engines for three ç minutes or more, he's got a guy who plugs a window unit air conditioner into the wall and then puts it on a bracket to cool down the mayor's car because sometimes environmental regulations can heat up the body temperature and lead to insanity. >>> and finally, further proof, as if we needed it, that mannequins should never play with illegal fireworks. with the fourth of july just days away, this week we saw the annual safety demonstration on the mall in washington, an event that never seems to get any better or
. >>> someone in grand rapids, michigan, home of the gerald ford presidential library, is obsessed with the former president to the point of graffiti. somebody is stencilling iconic scenes from his presidency all over town. everybody realizes this could be a lot worse. after all, it is art, he was a nice man, and he was the president. but they'd love to know who's doing it. >>> new york city mayor michael bloomberg is back in the news again because of this. that's his big...
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this was mitt romney in michigan. >> ann was born at henry ford hospital. i was born at harper hospital. no one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. they know that this is the place that we were born and raised. >> mark halperin is a senior political analyst for "time" and msnbc and joins us now from new york. mark, what was the point of raising that issue in that context to that audience? was this an ad lib, a joke, strategy? >> i would like to answer your question but twitter is exploding and i need to tend to that. the left and the right are going crazy over this. i think mitt romney was making a joke. we have seen particularly when he's in michigan, when he jokes about the heights of the trees. the left will say i'm making an excuse for him. i don't know why he did it. it was ill-advised, i'll say that, and it is going to cause -- we have already seen a statement from the obama campaign, fast and furious, a reaction statement. you will see tons of comments on this. this will dominate the day and into the weekend. governor romney i think will say he
this was mitt romney in michigan. >> ann was born at henry ford hospital. i was born at harper hospital. no one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. they know that this is the place that we were born and raised. >> mark halperin is a senior political analyst for "time" and msnbc and joins us now from new york. mark, what was the point of raising that issue in that context to that audience? was this an ad lib, a joke, strategy? >> i would like to answer your...
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senator debby stabenow of michigan is on the finance committee. she's going to join us in the next hour. but, up here first, number three on the first five web stories. >> you see that? that was the moment of impact of a deadly plane crash in moscow. a plane veered off the run way and on to a highway, broke up into pieces, caught fire. investigators are examining the flight recorder to find out what caused the crash. five people on board that plane were killed. nah, i'm good. ♪ [ male announcer ] every time you say no to a cigarette, you celebrate a little win. nicoderm cq, the patch with time release smart control technology that acts fast and helps control cravings all day long. ♪ quit one day at a time with nicoderm cq. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. ha
senator debby stabenow of michigan is on the finance committee. she's going to join us in the next hour. but, up here first, number three on the first five web stories. >> you see that? that was the moment of impact of a deadly plane crash in moscow. a plane veered off the run way and on to a highway, broke up into pieces, caught fire. investigators are examining the flight recorder to find out what caused the crash. five people on board that plane were killed. nah, i'm good. ♪ [ male...
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moments ago in michigan, romney said this to an audience. ann was born in henry ford hospital. i was born in harper hospital. no one has ever asked to see my birth certificate. they know this is the place that we were born and raised. >> oh, my god. having lived across the street from henry ford hospital at one time, look at that kind of thing. again, the appeal to the far right, the birther issue about the place where you were born, we can give him high points for metaphor, but low points for politics. again, this is an attempt to stir up the pot when you don't have anything substantive to say, then go back to the base bigotry that has informed your base. >> what is going on here? >> the problem with all of this, there's a big piling on of all kinds of issues and the timing couldn't be worse for romney, because they are trying to repackage him heading into the convention, heading into -- you saw romney had an op-ed in the "wall street journal" today trying to describe his record at bain capital. then he keeps stepping on his own message. >> that is scraping the very bottom of
moments ago in michigan, romney said this to an audience. ann was born in henry ford hospital. i was born in harper hospital. no one has ever asked to see my birth certificate. they know this is the place that we were born and raised. >> oh, my god. having lived across the street from henry ford hospital at one time, look at that kind of thing. again, the appeal to the far right, the birther issue about the place where you were born, we can give him high points for metaphor, but low...
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the president leads by 14 in romney's childhood home in michigan. north carolina, believe it or not. a poll out there has the president up four points. ohio, the president with a five-point lead. pennsylvania, new poll shows two points separating president barack obama and mitt romney. counter conventional numbers there as well. a distinguished senior fellow at demoos. kelly wallace is right next to me here. very cozy. and "the new york times," nicholas --. got it mostly right. the battle ground presentation there. does it feel like they are showing either mitt romney overperforming or president obama overperforming. but there seems to be a general trent that the president looks stronger in battleground than national numbers. >> finally voters are tuning in and pay attention. but almost all these polls are margin of error. >> sure. you see the solidifying of position and the tiny sliver of voters starting to put the markers down. half o the voters have already voted. they haven't voted, but they can. 25 states already you can vote in some form, in p
the president leads by 14 in romney's childhood home in michigan. north carolina, believe it or not. a poll out there has the president up four points. ohio, the president with a five-point lead. pennsylvania, new poll shows two points separating president barack obama and mitt romney. counter conventional numbers there as well. a distinguished senior fellow at demoos. kelly wallace is right next to me here. very cozy. and "the new york times," nicholas --. got it mostly right. the...
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>> i think we saw that, alex, last week in michigan. santorum, because he's the new flavor gets a head of steam and romney has to come from behind. he did it well in michigan, you know theoretically he can do it on tuesday in ohio, but it all has to come from behind. that's a tough place to be and in some states you won't be able to make up the difference and to me, that's the biggest trend i noticed. to what do you attribute that rick santorum does not necessarily hang on with that head of steam? why does he not hang on? >> i think media momentum matters a lot in elections. i also think organization. i think fund-raising, you know? mitt romney has been running for president for a long time, you can't discount an experienced candidate with a strong team. that's where the other fundamentals and the campaigns come into being. it seems to me as the democratic strategist watching me from the side lines that santorum is doinging this on a wing and a prayer, and at some point in the process, that is not enough. >> what about the concept of el
>> i think we saw that, alex, last week in michigan. santorum, because he's the new flavor gets a head of steam and romney has to come from behind. he did it well in michigan, you know theoretically he can do it on tuesday in ohio, but it all has to come from behind. that's a tough place to be and in some states you won't be able to make up the difference and to me, that's the biggest trend i noticed. to what do you attribute that rick santorum does not necessarily hang on with that head...
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. >> reporter: and in michigan this week the governor vetoed a bill that would allow teachers to carry guns. still the idea may be catching on. back in harrold, texas, parent approve. >> i'd rather have someone at the school protecting my children than to stand there and hide them in a closet and have no way to protect them from somebody that comes into school with a gun. >> reporter: superintendent won't say which teachers or how many have guns, part of the secret he says of keeping students safe. charles had lock, nbc news, harrold, texas. >>> this morning on nbc's "meet the press" the nra executive vice president wayne lapierre led the charge in defending his organization's stance on gun control in the wake of the tragedy in newtown. in response to a question about legislating against high-capacity magazines, lapierre had this to say. >> i don't believe that's going to make one difference. there are so many different ways to evade that even if you had that. you had that for ten years when dianne feinstein passed that ban in '92. it was on the books. columbine occurred right in the m
. >> reporter: and in michigan this week the governor vetoed a bill that would allow teachers to carry guns. still the idea may be catching on. back in harrold, texas, parent approve. >> i'd rather have someone at the school protecting my children than to stand there and hide them in a closet and have no way to protect them from somebody that comes into school with a gun. >> reporter: superintendent won't say which teachers or how many have guns, part of the secret he says of...